To be clear, my feature suggestion is something like a popup reading “you downvoted this, consider explaining why” as opposed to “in order to downvote this, you MUST explain why”.
The pain point I’m trying to solve is “I don’t know why people down vote my comments sometimes and it makes me sad and confused”. Maybe my specific proposed solution isn’t good; my pain point remains, though
I also acknowledge that “explaining why I downvoted” can lead into arguing-on-the-internet which could be negative in a way that I want to avoid (and I don’t want to drag people into).
Oh for sure, I wasn’t thinking you were implying making it a requirement. I was trying to say that even a nudge towards explaining downvotes is a nudge towards evil (for me).
Maybe the net advantage of explaining downvotes would be good, but I personally should probably be discouraged from explaining my downvotes.
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To be clear, my feature suggestion is something like a popup reading “you downvoted this, consider explaining why” as opposed to “in order to downvote this, you MUST explain why”.
The pain point I’m trying to solve is “I don’t know why people down vote my comments sometimes and it makes me sad and confused”. Maybe my specific proposed solution isn’t good; my pain point remains, though
I also acknowledge that “explaining why I downvoted” can lead into arguing-on-the-internet which could be negative in a way that I want to avoid (and I don’t want to drag people into).
Oh for sure, I wasn’t thinking you were implying making it a requirement. I was trying to say that even a nudge towards explaining downvotes is a nudge towards evil (for me).
Maybe the net advantage of explaining downvotes would be good, but I personally should probably be discouraged from explaining my downvotes.